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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nursery \Nurs"er*y\, n.; pl. {Nurseries}. [Cf. F. nourricerie.]
     1. The act of nursing. [Obs.] "Her kind nursery." --Shak.
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     2. The place where nursing is carried on; as:
        (a) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to


            the care of children.
        (b) A place where young of any species, plant or animal,
            are nourished preparatory to transfer elsewhere;
            especially a place where young trees, shrubs, vines,
            etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting;
            a plantation of young trees.
        (c) The place where anything is fostered and growth
            promoted. "Fair Padua, nursery of arts." --Shak.
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                  Christian families are the nurseries of the
                  church on earth, as she is the nursery of the
                  church in heaven.                 --J. M. Mason.
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        (d) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the
            nursery of seamen.
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     3. That which is nursed. [R.] --Milton.
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